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Gene Rom ero's W est Coa st Flat Tra ck S er ies for third . Bricke r wou ld get back by Halbe rt on the next lap, but their battle allowed Carlotta to pull away for second. David Brown took over fourt h fro m Halbert with two laps to go, but he cou ldn't make it stick. It was all Wood as the chec kered flag came out . Carlotta finished a solid second, with Bricker in third . Halbert cam e home fourth , followed by Beau Brown in fifth. "It was kind of a narrow groove, and I'm not much of a groove guy," Wood said. "I was asleep at the start and went around them in turn one and stayed on the groove and pulled away. The Woods' frame was working gre at. The th ing was railing around the corners. It felt great. " The Classic Vintage Twins class was won by Wife-sponsored Triumph rider Wayne Warrington, with Merle Stoner also on a Triumph - finishing second. eN THUN DERBOWL RACEWAY TULARE, C A LIFO RNIA RESULTS: MAy 8, 20 0 4 (ROUND WOOD SMOKES 'EM e rke ley Ho nda/Maxxis T ires/ Wood Rota x-backed Jimmy Wood made another successful appearance in one of Gene Ro me r o 's Wes t Coast Flat Track ro unds by winn ing the O pen Pro main event during ro und two of the series at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare. KLH Racing/A&A Ra cing/ Mo t io n Pro's Rick Hocking we nt two for two in the Open Vintage class, while former AMA Grand National competitor Ted Taylor scored a win in the Top Gun 4S0 class. W ith midweek te mpe ratures passing the century mark , an abru pt change in the weather brought swirling gusts of cool air on race day. But with Fresno's Pacific Paving Co . putting forth a lot of effort into the track, the end resu lt was a Iightningfast, blue groove, three-eighths -mile oval. The Tuff Plates Op e n Pro Fast Time Number Plate Award we nt to former WCFTS eve nt w inner Wood. For the second week in a row, Brad Spencer was the quicke st in the Open Vintage Class, with de fend ing Vintage cham pion Rick Hock ing a close second . The O pen Pro heat races were won by Wood , Kenny Carlotta and Scott Corsetti. Defe nding Open Pro champion Kevin Bricker pressured Carlotta hard in the second heat but had to settle for second. Bricker wou ldn't be denied as he led Wood home in the Open Dash for Cash, however. B 12 The Saddlemen Vintage heats saw Steve Hall win ove r fast -t imer Brad Spencer in heat o ne. Hoc king won heat two. The Vintage Dash for Cash saw Hocking over Spence r in heat one . When the Vintage A main went green, the "Hock" hit turn one first with local rider Jay Gosvenor and Spencer close behind . Spencer put a move on Gosvenor, and at the fi rst stri pe it was Hocking, Spence r, Gosvenor, Mike Gonza les and Steve Hall. Hoc king was "fee ling his oats" as he seemed to pullw heelies at will, anywhere on the track. At the halfway mark it was Hocking with a gap ove r Spencer, who had in turn gapped Gosvenor. Hall got by Gonza les for fourt h and closed in on Gosve nor. Hocking wheelied his way to his sec ond win in as many tries. Spencer was second . Hall also got arou nd Gosve no r and finished on the podium . Gosvenor held on for fourt h, with Gonza les a close fifth. "The trac k started off a little shitty, and then it came to us, and we started hoo king up good ," Hocking said. "What can you say? That's two in a row. Just keep going." The Top Gun 450 holeshot went to Taylor, w ith Spencer in tow. The Pat King Racing/Jessica Racing/Factory Motorsports-backed Taylor was fast and smooth as he gapped the field. Not even a singlefile restart would make a difference. Taylor again opened up a nice lead and led them MAY 26, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS B Y M IKE KIBBY PHOTOS BY AL KAWA SAKI 2) OPEN P RO : I. Jimmy Wood (Hon) ; 2. Kenny C arlotta (Hon) : 3. Kevin Bricker (Rot) ; 4. Jet hro Halbert (Hon) ; 5. Beau Bro wn (Rot); 6. Mike Bes e mer (Hon) ; 7. Sam Halbert (Rot); 8. Tony Souza (CC M); 9. David Brown (Yam); 10 . Scott Corsetti (Hon ); I I. Jerem y Hannah (Hon): 12. A.J. Herrera (Hon); 13. MeArle Barnett (Rot); , ,,. Shawn Raggio (Hon); IS. Justin Filice (Yam) . O PEN VINT: I. Rick Hoc king (Yam); 2. Brad Spencer (Yam); 3. Steve Hall (Yam) ; 4 . Jay Gosvenor (Yam); 5 . Mike Gon zales (Yam); 6. Robert Hansen (Tri); 7. Jeff Gonzales (Y am): 8. Paul Rusin (Yam); 9. Dom De Mario (Hon) ; 10. Gary Ritchie (Yam); II . Brad Rudy (Yam): 12. Dennis Pinheiro (Y am): 13. Bill Kolkman (Y ; 14. Je ffJo hnson (Yam) . am) TOP GU N 450: I. Ted Taylor (Hon) : 2. Bradley Spencer (Hon) : 3. Ian Foulds (Hon): 4. Jermai ne Beccsa (Hon) : S. Justin Filice (Yam): 6. Steve Hill (Hon) : 7. Brandan Bergen (Hon); B. AMon Kennedy (Hon); 9. Anthony Demario (Hon ): 10. Kevin Knudsen (Yam); I I. Man Pinheiro (Hon ); 12. Phillip Swearingen (Hon ); 13.J immy Moffatt (Yam). GEN E ROME RO 'S W EST COAST FLAT TRACK SERIES POINTS STAN D INGS (After 2 of 12 rounds): OPEN PRO: I. Ken ny Carlotta (29); 2. Jet hro Halbe rt (28); 3. Bea u Bro wn (26): 4. (TIE) Scott Corsetti (25)1Kevin Bric ker (25); 6. (TIE) Rodney Spenc er Jr. (241 I win)/Jim my Wood (2"1/ 1 wi n); 8. Thom as Caniger ( 19): 9. Mark Corsetti ( 15): 10. Frank Nye ( 1"1). O PEN VI NT: I. Rick Hoc king ("1612 wins) : 2. Steve Hall (J I); J. (TIE) Robert Hensen (26)IBrad Spencer (26); S. Paul Rusin (2 5); 6. Dom Demario (22); 7. Kenny Netto (19) ; 8. (TIE) Anthon y Giammanc o (16)1Oennis Pinhe iro ( 16) ; 10. Jay Gosvenor (I S). T OP GUN 45 0: I. Brad le y Spe ncer Jr. (35); 2. Ted Taylor (ll/l win); J. Brandan Bergan (26); 4. (TIE) Frank Nye (23/1 win)! Anthony DeMario (23); 6. Rodne y Spe ncer Jr. ( 19); 7. Ian Fo ulds ( 16) ; 8. (TIE) Chuck Mo nas mith ( 15)/Je rmaine Bacosa ( 15); 10. Justin Filice ( 14) . hom e for the win. Spencer and Ian Foulds finished on the box, with Jermaine Bacosa fourth and Justin Filice finishing fifth. "The day started out bad," Taylor said. "We didn't get no practice; ou r water sea l was leaking. Clawson Motorsports drove in the part , and we just got the bike together in time for the heat race . [We] learned from our heat race , ran second . Did some gear changes, got the holes hot and the bike worked pretty darn good then. Hlebo Brothers did my suspension. We d idn't have to touch a thing." UPCOMING ROUNDS: T he K&N Filters O pe n Pro A ma in Round 3 . WollOnville, Colilornio M 22 oy event had trou ble getting off the line. locerville, Colifornia, June 12 R 4-P ound Corsetti stalled his bike from the fro nt row and got nailed from behind by Filice. With nowhere to go , Filice got • Rick Hocking made it two for . . the worst of it. Both riders shook it ~ two in 2004, winning a ;~-.. off and lined back up for the co m- ,.second consecutive Open ;,Jr ' r plete restart. Vintage main event. T he second start counted as ' Carlotta grabbed the holeshot followed by Wood and Bricker. Wood got a tremendous drive o ut of two and assumed the point. Lap one had ;.. " '\,~ Wood , Carlotta, Bricke r, Jeth ro ", J \ f' \ ) ~ \ Halbert, and Beau Brown runn ing in the to p five. At the halfway flags the order was still the same . Wood opened a gap wh en Carlotta slid off I ,; . ?' the groove in turn fou r. Bricker ~/ -/. looked for an openi ng on Carlotta. Halbert then put a move on Bricker 40th A nniver sa r y ...~ J .J ~ e p./: l ,_ " ,, ~~~ r ': l~/>. ~' , :I , .